Apple Deleting Critical Discussion Threads?

Not good at all if true, this whole thing is starting to look really bad for them and is spiraling into a BP-style PR catastrophe (yes, I know it's not an environmental disaster, I'm just talking about the business aspect of it).

They likely did delete some threads, especially if they devolved into Apple bashing. It is a support forum after all, not a general discussion forum. I can understand cutting out some of the noise if it was as bad as it's been here. I dont know, I haven't read the threads that were deleted.

Not good at all if true, this whole thing is starting to look really bad for them and is spiraling into a BP-style PR catastrophe (yes, I know it's not an environmental disaster, I'm just talking about the business aspect of it).

The internet buzz concerning the thread removals is important for one reason, however  it shows how sensitive customers are to the antenna issue. Never mind that Consumer Reports said they couldnt recommend iPhone 4 in one sentence then named it the best smartphone on the planet in another. Never mind we still dont know how many people have the problem. Never mind that other phones have the same problem albeit to lesser degrees. Never mind that Apples historic misrepresentation of signal strength might be exacerbating the issue, as could AT&Ts network. Never mind anything else.The antenna issue has become a matter of public perception now and thats a huge problem for Apple. The mainstream media has their teeth in it now. They smell blood. The open letter and its contents clearly werent enough this time. As brilliant as they are in marketing, handling customer-facing problems is their kryptonite. MobileMes initial launch might have been the goofy red kind of kryptonite. They finally acted, they finally fixed it. This might be the green kind of kryptonite. The kind that hurts.

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i can replicate the signal attenuation on my iphone 3G but not n my iphone 4.. just saying...

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